REVIEWS

With an IPS panel, low power consumption and a sub-$300 price point, Acer’s new 24″ B243PWL monitor seems to have what it takes for success. However, in a field that’s saturated with competitors, does it have the necessary combination of features and quality to stand out?

AMD’s Boost BIOS for the HD 7950 was launched amid a fair amount of controversy but retail cards are now available and in this review, we take PowerColor’s HD 7950 Boost State out for a spin. Does it have what it takes to compete against what NVIDIA has to offer? More importantly, is this new [...]

BitFenix’s new Shinobi XL takes the design of the original, highly acclaimed Shinobi case and supersizes it. The result is a full tower case that incorporates plenty of cooling options, a soft-touch rubberized exterior, ton of interior space and many other features for gamers and enthusiasts alike.

The wait for an affordable Kepler-based graphics card is finally over. The GTX 660 Ti is here and with it, NVIDIA’s current generation has finally hit the all-important $299 mark. But this new card won’t have an easy time of since it is competing in a market that’s straddled by AMD’s HD 7950 and HD [...]

MSI’s GTX 680 Lightning is one expensive card. However, $599 buys one of the most overclocker-friendly graphics cards currently available, a quiet cooling solution that performs admirable and a long list of other upgrades over a reference card. But are these features really worthwhile for the average gamer? In this review, we find out.

With excellent build quality, enthusiast-focused features and plenty of expansion options, Corsair’s new 550D chassis personifies everything the Obsidian series is known for. But beneath its plain exterior lies one major departure from other products in the Obsidian lineup: this case is designed to provide the quietest possible computing experience.

We’ve seen ultra expensive high performance SSDs and lower end ones which typically can”t keep pace with expectations but OCZ’s Vertex 4 128GB is setting out to change things. Unlike many of its competitors, the Vertex 4 128GB combines class leading benchmark numbers with a sub-$150 price point.

NZXT continues to evolve their popular Switch 810 full tower case in a number of ways. This time, they’re giving it a Special Edition moniker that’s headlined by matte back paint job -hiding the cheap looking piano back finish of the original version- while updating a few other items.

The ASUS RoG Xonar Phoebus has everything a gamer could possibly want in a sound card: high end specs, some impressive features, a handy break-out box and an impressive pedigree. However, in an audio market that’s littered with lower-priced competitors can this supposedly “gaming-grade” product stand out?

The new Vengeance C70 case moves away from Corsair’s typical understated chassis design and supplants it with a militaristic look that may only appeal to a select few. However, with a great looking feature list, plenty of interior space and a relatively inexpensive price, some may be willing to overlook the rudimentary exterior.